College Football Stat Leaders

2020 Conference USA Sacks Per Game Leaders

Average defensive sacks recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Florida Atlantic (2.78)

Best Season

Southern Miss 2019 (4.23)

Scope

Conference USA • 2020

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Sacks Per Game Reads

Sacks per game captures pass-rush production and the ability to end opponent drives with negative plays, though it should be read with opponent pass volume and game script. On this 2020 leaderboard, the visible range runs 2.78 to 2.11, with Florida Atlantic setting the pace.

Conference USA Context

Conference USA teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and UTEP is the latest winner at 2.33.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Florida Atlantic to No. 5 Middle Tennessee is 0.67, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 2.92 in 2024 to 2.33 in 2025, a swing of 0.58. Florida Atlantic's current mark of 2.78 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.80 held by Marshall.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1Florida AtlanticConference USA20202.78
2MarshallConference USA20202.40
3UABConference USA20202.33
4North TexasConference USA20202.20
5Middle TennesseeConference USA20202.11
6Florida InternationalConference USA20202.00
7Western KentuckyConference USA20201.92
8Louisiana TechConference USA20201.70
9Southern MissConference USA20201.50
10UTEPConference USA20201.50
11RiceConference USA20201.40
12CharlotteConference USA20200.83

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Sacks Per Game. Categories include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 6 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025UTEPConference USA2.33
2024UTEPConference USA2.92
2023Jacksonville StateConference USA2.92
2022Middle TennesseeConference USA2.69
2021MarshallConference USA3.08
2020Florida AtlanticConference USA2.78
2019Southern MissConference USA4.23
2018UABConference USA3.07
2017Florida AtlanticConference USA2.86
2016Louisiana TechConference USA3.14

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Marshall2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.802019 (3.62)
2UAB2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 20172.532019 (4.00)
3North Texas2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.432019 (3.67)
4Southern Miss2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.292019 (4.23)
5Florida Atlantic2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.252019 (3.36)
6Jacksonville State2025, 2024, 20232.212023 (2.92)
7Middle Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.112022 (2.69)
8Kennesaw State2025, 20242.022025 (2.21)
9Delaware20252.002025 (2.00)
10Western Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.962021 (2.57)
11Louisiana Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.932016 (3.14)
12Missouri State20251.852025 (1.85)
13UTEP2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.782024 (2.92)
14Sam Houston2025, 2024, 20231.772024 (2.15)
15Rice2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.742017 (2.33)
16Florida International2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.642025 (2.31)
17Charlotte2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.592019 (3.85)
18New Mexico State2025, 2024, 20231.582023 (2.07)
19Liberty2025, 2024, 20231.572023 (1.71)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Conference USA sacks per game leaderboard in 2020?

Florida Atlantic ranks first at 2.78 in 2020.

Which Conference USA program has the best long-term sacks per game profile?

Marshall owns the strongest all-time average at 2.80 across 6 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Conference USA race compare with the recent trend?

UTEP is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.